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In a letter sent Monday to Lt.-Gov. Manon Jeannotte, the Parti Québécois leader stated his incoming government will not allow a representative of the British Crown to preside over the event.
Stelco's third quarter this year was its "strongest" since the U.S. company acquired it in 2024, according to its owner. At the same time, hundreds in Ontario are set to lose their jobs in Hamilton and Nanticoke. Layoff notices started rolling out earlier this month.
What began as a simple knock on the front door last spring has resulted in an elderly Scarborough man living out of a suitcase, his home roofless and in ruins. While police are investigating a possible fraud, the man says he can't afford to rebuild his roof with his insurance claim denied.
Melissa Syer has defeated Garett Cochrane in the race to be the next mayor of Yellowknife in Monday’s municipal election. Cochrane conceded not long after polls closed, as Syer held a decisive lead.
Before he was airlifted to hospital and intubated, Sean Hiatt managed to call his mom and tell her he'd been injured in a training accident at CFB Wainwright. He was coherent at the time, according to his sister, and it gave the family hope. Now they're focused on his immediate care, and taking things 12 hours at a…
The family and friends of Arnold and Joanne De Jong will have to wait until the new year for the three killers of their loved ones to be sentenced, after a judge ruled a lack of access to earlier parole breaches the killers' Charter rights.
Leonard Foidart built a cot so he can knit comfortably while lying down. The 84-year-old from Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Man., lost his legs decades ago and finds it difficult to sit but loves to knit, donating more than 1,000 tuques in the last five years.
Curtis Dagenais returned on Monday to the same Saskatoon courtroom where, 17 years ago, a jury convicted him of murder.
On Friday, the bass singer Gabriel Sanchez-Ortega held up the flag at the end of Giacomo Puccini's drama about love and betrayal during political upheaval in Napoleonic Rome.
Marine conservation officers are searching for an injured humpback whale that passengers aboard a B.C. Ferries vessel say they felt being struck on Sunday.
A Port au Port West man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for shooting a snowmobiler in the head almost two years ago.
Former Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz “violated the public trust” and former city chief administrative officer Phil Sheegl displayed “a complete lack of a moral compass” by engaging in "blatant" conflicts of interest involving the owner of the construction company awarded the contract to build the city’s police headquarters…
The head of Quebec's maple syrup producers' association says the province's strategic syrup reserve has run dry amid high demand for the product.
Desert Park Raceway says 52-year-old harness driver Scott Knight died after a multi-horse collision at the track in Osoyoos, B.C., on Sunday.
In the wake of the FBI's arrest of a former cybersecurity executive on another issue, the firm that was tasked with helping Hamilton recover from a 2024 cyberattack says he had no involvement in the work it did for the city.
Sen. Pamela Wallin has unexpectedly resigned from the upper chamber with a few remaining years before her slated retirement date.
The workers with global automaker Stellantis are stationed at factories in Windsor, Toronto and the idled Brampton assembly plant.
Cathy Keane, who is running for mayor in Oro-Medonte, Ont., says she's taking time away from campaigning to be with her son, who was "critically injured" after a large fire broke out over the weekend at the Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta.
Like many other Canadians with loved ones in the military, Jordan Dowber says he started his Sunday with a heavy heart after he heard about the tragic fire that took place at a Canadian Armed Forces base in Wainwright, Alta., on Saturday.
AI data centres have become a hot-button political issue the world over, and in British Columbia it's no different.
Today is voting day for the Yellowknife municipal elections, as well as the trustee elections for two school boards in the city.
Nova Scotia does not have a provincewide policy explicitly stating how AI should be used in the classroom. The provincial government says it’s up to regional centres for education to make their own rules about the technology. Parents and educators are calling for more consistency, and say guardrails are needed.
A California aquarium says a beluga rescued from Marineland in Ontario has died, adding to the number of deaths of animals relocated over the summer from the now-closed Canadian facility.
Manitoba Conservation says it's investigating after a man operating a grader discovered a pile of dead Canada geese in a ditch just north of Garson, Man., on Friday morning.
Andrew Davies was the talk Sunday morning at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, delivering the fastest-ever debut by a Canadian over 42.2 kilometres at two hours eight minutes 48 seconds for ninth overall in the men's race at the event that doubles as the national marathon championships.
Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani captured the women's doubles title Sunday at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament in Wuhan, China.
Rian Robertson has achieved his longtime dream of appearing on the television show Jeopardy! Robertson, who is originally from Outlook, Sask., had a five game-streak on Jeopardy! winning $66,101 US.
A recent study shows Gen Z is the most religiously committed age demographic in Canada. Some faith leaders in Saskatchewan say more young people are showing up at their places of worship.
In October 2016, Sudbury, Ont., artist Heather Wise generated headlines worldwide with her temporary restoration of a local Jesus statue. A decade on, Wise is finally able to laugh about it.
As Atlantic salmon populations in the Miramichi watershed dwindle, striped bass are surging — and tensions are riding high.
The Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent has adopted a new bylaw banning electric scooters and other motorized personal mobility devices in public areas that fall within its jurisdiction. They're still allowed on bike paths and streets where the maximum speed limit is less than 50 km/h.
A major Canadian supermarket chain has notified customers in its loyalty program that their personal information was accessed during a cybersecurity breach. The chain says it discovered the activity on one of its servers, which was "quickly contained" before launching an investigation.
A large fire originating on a Canadian Forces Base in east-central Alberta has spread rapidly due to Saturday's strong winds, according to the Municipal District of Wainwright.
Ontario will import power from the United States this winter, the province's independent electricity operator has announced, just a few months after Premier Doug Ford threatened to cut exports to the U.S. amid the ongoing trade war.
The province has been sharing a lot of big dollar figures in the lead-up to the Oct. 19 referendum — many of them supporting the claim that temporary residents pay little in taxes compared to what they get out of provincially funded public and social services.
With just 21 per cent of eligible voters casting ballots in the last municipal election, Kitimat is hoping two canine candidates can get more residents — including children — interested in voting.
The union representing educational support staff in Manitoba's largest school division is sounding the alarm over what its president describes as a shocking increase in violence against its workers.
Voters are set to cast ballots in 162 municipalities and 27 regional districts.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith once said Ottawa "couldn't help" but be fixated on "punishing" the energy sector. Now, she says Canada is working better than it ever has. So what changed? And will it stick?
Daniel Allain is the new leader of New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative party. The former PC cabinet minister scored a comfortable but not overwhelming victory over his only opponent, rookie party MLA Don Monahan, in results announced Saturday.
Nova Scotia's apple growers are finding international markets beyond the U.S., in a move to secure a better position amid trade tensions.
The family of an 11-year-old boy who was fatally struck while riding his bicycle in Quebec City’s Beauport borough is calling off its plans to install a ghost bike in his honour this weekend, citing hateful messages they received.
Investigators screened roughly 310 persons of interest over three decades before genetic genealogy tied Richard Neil to three southern Ontario park attacks.
Snow-covered objects can become hard to detect, while cameras and sensors sometimes struggle in snowy conditions. Experts say they're not insurmountable — but they will take more training data and time for Waymo to adjust to.
Charges have been stayed against two men arrested in connection to a fatal hit and run near Terrace in northwest B.C. eight years ago.
Self-described “Crypto King” Aiden Pleterski spent nearly half of the $36.3 million investors gave him on himself and paid out about the same amount to investors as returns between 2020 and 2022, according to a senior forensic accountant who testified at his trial in Toronto’s Superior Court on Friday.
Zakaria Amara, one of the ringleaders of the thwarted Toronto 18 terror plot, has been granted full parole after the Parole Board of Canada found he no longer showed "any signs of holding onto extremist beliefs or radical ideologies."
A wedding reception at the Royal Canadian Legion branch in Carbonear ended earlier this month in an angry outburst after high-profile legionnaire and veteran Berkley Lawrence confronted the bride as she prepared to throw her wedding bouquet.
The Crown Attorney's Office will seek a dangerous offender status for a registered sex offender who pleaded guilty in June to sexually assaulting a toddler in Welland, Ont., causing what were described as potentially life-threatening injuries.
Kenneth Joseph MacAulay, 66, of Souris, P.E.I., was working at Suncor Energy’s Fort Hills operation on Jan. 13, 2026, when the heavy equipment he was operating sank into the muskeg. The cause of the accident is still being investigated by the province.
Calgary police are still investigating what led to a collision between two city buses and multiple other vehicles on Thursday, where a significant fire and explosion left three dead and 16 injured.
A young person charged as the alleged "co-conspirator" of a planned terrorist attack against Jewish people has been found guilty of committing a terrorist offence and facilitating a terrorist activity.
The first polar bear cub to arrive at Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park Zoo in nearly a decade now has a name.
Autonomous vehicle operator Waymo is officially coming to Canada with the driverless ride-hailing service expected to launch in Toronto in 2028, the company says.
Indigenous communities should have a say in what happens to cultural objects linked to a debt-laden investment company in Atlantic Canada that is trying to appease its creditors, say several experts in repatriation.
Montreal police have suspended two officers over alleged acts of humiliation directed at unhoused and racialized people. One of the officers was suspended after colleagues alleged he urinated on unhoused people while in uniform, sources told Radio-Canada.
A massive data centre to provide computing power for artificial intelligence is under pre-construction just outside a town on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
A massive data centre to provide computing power for artificial intelligence is under pre-construction just outside a town on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
A recent pause on financial assistance payments to private post-secondary institutions in Ontario is affecting divinity schools, Canada's National Ballet School and many others, with students feeling unfairly swept up in what they describe as a trawling net-like policy.
French-language services at ServiceOntario locations fall short of the province's obligations to French-speaking Ontarians, according to a new report from the office of Ontario's ombudsperson.
The potential for rate hikes by the Bank of Canada and already-increasing fixed-rate mortgages are weighing on prospective buyers, according to CREA, leading the association to revise down its forecast for 2026. Those factors were already showing up in September, when home sales fell 7.7 per cent compared to the same…
Stelco's Hamilton union president says he would support a federal government takeover of the steelmaker, which is implementing layoffs expected to cost hundreds of jobs.
A convicted murderer’s presence at McGill University's law school while on day parole has sparked debate over public safety and rehabilitation. Several students say they feel vulnerable and frustrated by a lack of transparency regarding Jeffrey George Ewert's violent past against women, while his lawyer and student…
An internal memo told Justin Trudeau's government that it was expected to pursue the arrests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his then defence minister and Hamas leaders if the International Criminal Court were to issue the warrants being prepared by one of its prosecutors.
A fifth estate investigation has found that groups of so-called “sovereigns” following debunked conspiracy theories have successfully duped the Canada Revenue Agency into repeatedly handing over millions in bogus refunds, taking advantage of gaps in the agency’s fraud detection systems.
A former student at the Royal Military College of Canada says she found a web camera hidden in her dorm room in October 2018. The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service investigated but no charges were ever laid. The woman says she's sharing her story publicly for the first time, emboldened by the support for…
There are still unanswered questions about how Charlottetown Police Services handled a high-profile P.E.I. cold case after all charges against the accused were dropped just before the case was set to go to trial.
Friday's $90-million Lotto Max draw will be the largest lottery jackpot prize ever available to win in Canada. We break down your odds of winning and how this jackpot compares to past prizes.
Three people are dead and 16 others were injured in a collision involving a city bus in Calgary on Thursday, according to officials.
Federal and provincial governments are replenishing the Atlantic Fisheries Fund, with a new focus on market diversification in response to the continuing trade war with the U.S.
Three people were accused in the killing of Lee Perkins in Saskatoon in February 2024. Because of multiple court proceedings, most details about the case were under publication bans.
Arizona State University says it parted ways with the hockey coach who was leading the team when Hamilton-born NHL prospect Matthew Mayich collapsed during a workout in August. Mayich's family's lawyer said the 21-year-old remains in hospital in serious condition.
Betting on the outcome of elections on prediction markets isn’t allowed in Canada — but that’s not stopping websites like Polymarket and Kalshi from taking hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of wagers on who will win Ontario’s municipal races this October.
The organization that represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan says it will fight Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) in court over an audit of its spending, which says the organization must repay more than $12.3 million.
Prime Minister Mark Carney brought a pro-Canada message to Alberta on Thursday as part of a barnstorming tour through the wild rose province ahead of Monday's referendum on separation.
SeatGeek Canada is facing two more fines from the Ontario government for allegedly contravening a recent law capping the sale of event tickets at face value.
A new study co-authored by two researchers at Hamilton's McMaster University suggests brain health could be affected by consuming too much ultra-processed foods produced to be cheap and ready-to-eat.
A North Vancouver man's report of a dog crying through the night at a local animal shelter has ignited a push from pet advocates to write into law how long shelter animals can be left alone.
A Richmond, B.C., restaurant has been named the best in North America by a global hospitality and culinary industries group, in a first for a Canadian establishment.
The Supreme Court of Canada plans to hear arguments Thursday from a coalition challenging the constitutionality of legislation that smooths the way for major changes at Ontario Place. The Crown and Ontario's attorney general are urging the court to dismiss the case.
Métis leaders in the Fort McMurray region say Prime Minister Mark Carney has not met with them to discuss the proposed Pacific Link pipeline, despite meeting with the chiefs of nearby First Nations.
If approved, the $60 billion first phase of the project could generate five gigawatts of electricity as early as 2033, well above the 2.4 gigawatts Nova Scotia needs to supply the entire province.
A senior government source, who was not authorized to publicly disclose details ahead of the announcement, said Ottawa is putting $5 million toward deploying a fleet of buoys to help measure wind speeds and ocean conditions.